iainb 4,962 Posted August 6, 2022 How many guests/RR's in a single team is too many? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THE DEAN MACHINE 4,736 Posted August 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, iainb said: How many guests/RR's in a single team is too many? Don’t think it’s too long now till members of the crowd are asked to ride 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 4,962 Posted August 6, 2022 I'm generally not adversed to guests but for me the majority of the team i.e. 4 riders should be from your club, 2 guests + 1 R/R. Anything more than that should not be run as an "official" fixture imo. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THE DEAN MACHINE 4,736 Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) Maybe one day the bspa or l or whatever they call themselves these days will wonder where all the riders have gone and wonder if they had any part in it, if they solve that they can then start on finding the missing fans and wonder if they had any part in their disappearance Edited August 6, 2022 by THE DEAN MACHINE 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,243 Posted August 7, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 12:10 PM, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Don’t think it’s too long now till members of the crowd are asked to ride Come on Dean.... Don't let everyone know next year's plan until they have had the AGM and officially announced it... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enotian 562 Posted August 7, 2022 Lots of clubs already operating Spectator Replacement 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris116 755 Posted August 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, enotian said: Lots of clubs already operating Spectator Replacement You mean replacing spectators with empty space is all part of the plan! Is this the only plan that has existed for more than one year? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moxey63 1,785 Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) Too many guests? Surely, one rider from another side is too many. But when it guests to three or four... That's why speedway now is ruined, as too many riders are now trumped up guests and have more than one side. The doubling up/down rule is surely just a wheeze to operate guests for a lack of advanced planning. Watching speedway with guests is like those Top of the Pops albums in the 70s, sold as the proper thing but in which the songs weren't even covered by the proper artists. Edited August 8, 2022 by moxey63 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midland Red 2,383 Posted August 8, 2022 21 hours ago, mikebv said: Come on Dean.... Don't let everyone know next year's plan until they have had the AGM and officially announced it... Yes, you’ll be telling us next what the biscuits will be 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marko 956 Posted August 9, 2022 Guests \ Double uppers, almost as bad as each other 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 4,962 Posted August 9, 2022 1 hour ago, marko said: Guests \ Double uppers, almost as bad as each other Add them both together and you need to be Inspector Morse to actually determine who is guesting for who and from which club! At the moment there just seems to be a pool of riders that clubs are picking to get a match on... with the fat kid stood by himself as the last pick! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moxey63 1,785 Posted August 9, 2022 1 hour ago, iainb said: Add them both together and you need to be Inspector Morse to actually determine who is guesting for who and from which club! At the moment there just seems to be a pool of riders that clubs are picking to get a match on... with the fat kid stood by himself as the last pick! Been saying for a long time, that it's like a football PE lesson. So much short-termism. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marko 956 Posted August 9, 2022 Take the named Wolves vs Peterborough last night inc r/r Only one rider (Luke Becker) was a full time rider for his associated club Masters is also an Edinburgh rider Worrall is also a Poole rider Douglas Scunthorpe Morris Leicester Kemp Poole Flint Berwick Harris Also Berwick Basso also Glasgow Andersen also Plymouth Palm Toft also Plymouth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,242 Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) Remember my first year going to Speedway that Oxford ran with three Guests Riders on one occasion as Garry Middleton, Rick Timmo and Preben Rosenkilde were all on international duty. That was a rare occurance back then as I don't recall another occasion ( or I may be wrong?) that Oxford during its "Rebels" days ran with three guests although we did have John Davis riding as a guest replacing himself at Coventry on one occasion! Edited August 9, 2022 by steve roberts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topsoil 2,498 Posted August 9, 2022 You never got this in the old days. You certainly never got White City operating r/r all season for a rider they never had in the first place. You certainly never got Exeter being allowed a gueat facility for Ivan Mauger who only agreed to ride home meetings. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
